Gmail School: 20 Tips and Tricks : Gmail as Hard Disk
By David Bénard , published on July 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM
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With 6.8 GB of data storage, you can also use your Gmail account as an external hard disk. Instead of storing your e-mail there, you can store various documents (or backups). To do this all you need is a small application called Gmail Drive.
After you launch the program, all you have to do is enter your Gmail login and password and you’ll have a new disk on your computer! You can create folders and copy and move files, just as you would do with many other commercial online email services.
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Are Tom's guide readers not internet savvy? I take offense!
*clings to ISP mailbox*
What gmail should offer is a folder system as MSN and Yahoo have. To ignore this is just plain stupid one their part. People are used to have this from Outlook/Thunderbird, why not reproduce that nice, clean environment in a 7Gb mailbox? I know there are filters and labels and stuff, but I just want to be able to put some order in those 5k emails i have...Can't do that with gmail, unfortunately.
Gmail DOES have a folder type system. its called labels, and its very customizable.
Are you really making a guide for gmail this late in the game that tells you omg u can add signatures? cmon... honestly? dont make it a 20 tip guide if u are runing out of ideas for half of em :s
Whatever the system is, foldering or labels, it should not break the metaphor of 'folders' as implemented in other systems, including file systems. Gmail does break this metaphor and not with something superior from an ease of use perspective. For example, in the folder scenario, it's one click to see everthing in a folder. Can you say the same for tags? Granted, assigning multiple tags to a single item can be useful, but also confusing and potentially contradictory.
I'm with a folders interface, even if as a metaphor for 'tags'. Or, an improved tags to make them more similar to folders...whatever...just make them easier to use, more informative at the initial level, and quicker to navigate.
These comments do show that ended some readers are technically challenged.